Past winners
2012
Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 93.037 mph
2011
Kyle Busch, Toyota, 91.941 mph
2010
Jimmie Johnson, , 79.618 mph
2009
Kyle Busch, Toyota, 92.139 mph
2008
Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 89.775 mph
2007
Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 81.969 mph
2006
Kurt Busch, Dodge, 79.427 mph
2005
Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 77.496 mph
2004
Kurt Busch, Ford, 82.607 mph
2003
Kurt Busch, Ford, 76.185 mph
2002
Kurt Busch, Ford, 82.281 mph
2001
Elliott Sadler, Ford, 86.949 mph
2000
Rusty Wallace, Ford, 88.018 mph
1999
Rusty Wallace, Ford, 93.363 mph
1998
Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 82.850 mph
1997
Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 75.035 mph
1996
Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 91.308 mph
1995
Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 92.011 mph
1994
Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 89.674 mph
1993
Rusty Wallace, Pontiac, 84.730 mph
1992
Alan Kulwicki, Ford, 86.316 mph
1991
Rusty Wallace, Pontiac, 72.809 mph
1990
Davey Allison, Ford, 87.258 mph
1989
Rusty Wallace, Pontiac, 76.034 mph
1988
Bill Elliott, Ford, 83.115 mph
1987
Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 75.621 mph
1986
Rusty Wallace, Pontiac, 89.747 mph
1985
Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 81.790 mph
1984
Darrell Waltrip, Chevrolet, 93.967 mph
1983
Darrell Waltrip, Chevrolet, 93.445 mph
1982
Darrell Waltrip, Buick, 94.025 mph
1981
Darrell Waltrip, Buick, 89.530 mph
1980
Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 96.977 mph
1979
Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 91.033 mph
1978
Darrell Waltrip, Chevrolet, 92.401 mph
1977
Cale Yarborough, Chevrolet, 100.989 mph
1976
Cale Yarborough, Chevrolet, 87.377 mph
1975
Richard Petty, Dodge, 97.053 mph
1974
Cale Yarborough, Chevrolet, 64.533 mph
1973
Cale Yarborough, Chevrolet, 88.952 mph
1972
Bobby Allison, Chevrolet, 92.826 mph
1971
David Pearson, Ford, 91.704 mph
1970
Donnie Allison, Ford, 87.543 mph
1969
Bobby Allison, Dodge, 81.455 mph
1968
David Pearson, Ford, 77.247 mph
1967
David Pearson, Dodge, 75.930 mph
1966
Dick Hutcherson, Ford, 69.952 mph
1965
Junior Johnson, Ford, 74.938 mph
1964
Fred Lorenzen, Ford, 72.196 mph
1963
Fireball Roberts, Ford, 76.910 mph
1962
Bobby Johns, Pontiac, 75.280 mph
1961
Jack Smith, Pontiac, 72.450 mph
Entry list
#1 Jamie McMurray
(Joplin, MO) Chevrolet/Cessna
#2 * Brad Keselowski
(Rochester Hills, MI) Ford/Miller Lite
#5 Kasey Kahne
(Enumclaw, WA) Chevrolet/Great Clips
#7 Dave Blaney
(Hartford, OH) Chevrolet/Sany
#9 Marcos Ambrose
(Launceston, Australia) Ford/DeWalt
#10 Danica Patrick
(Roscoe, IL) Chevrolet/GoDaddy.com
#11 Denny Hamlin
(Chesterfield, VA) Toyota/FedEx Freight
#13 Casey Mears
(Bakersfield, CA) Ford/GEICO
#14 Tony Stewart
(Columbus, IN) Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1
#15 Clint Bowyer
(Emporia, KS) Toyota/NAPA Filters
#16 Greg Biffle
(Vancouver, WA) Ford/3M
#17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
(Olive Branch, MS) Ford/Best Buy
#18 Kyle Busch
(Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/M&M's
#19 Mike Bliss
(Milwaukie, OR) Toyota/Plinker Tactical
#20 Matt Kenseth
(Cambridge, WI) Toyota/Home Depot
#22 Joey Logano
(Middletown, CT) Ford/Shell/Pennzoil
#24 Jeff Gordon
(Vallejo, CA) Chevrolet/Drive to End Hunger
#27 Paul Menard
(Eau Claire, WI) Chevrolet/Menards/Sylvania
#29 Kevin Harvick
(Bakersfield, CA) Chevrolet/Budweiser
#30 David Stremme
(South Bend, IN) Toyota/Swan Racing
#31 Jeff Burton
(South Boston, VA) Chevrolet/Cheerios
#32 Terry Labonte
(Corpus Christi, TX) Ford/TBA
#33 Landon Cassill
(Fairfax, IA) Chevrolet/Little Joe's Autos
#34 David Ragan
(Unadilla, GA) Ford/Dockside Logistics
#35 Josh Wise
(Riverside, CA) Ford/MDS Transport
#36 J.J. Yeley
(Phoenix, AZ) Chevrolet/United Mining Equip.
#38 David Gilliland
(Riverside, CA) Ford/A&W All American Food
#39 Ryan Newman
(South Bend, IN) Chevrolet/Haas Automation
#42 Juan Pablo Montoya
(Bogota, Colombia) Chevrolet/Target/Mountain Dew
#43 Aric Almirola
(Tampa, FL) Ford/Smithfield
#44 Scott Riggs
(Bahama, NC) Ford/No Label Watches
#47 Bobby Labonte
(Corpus Christi, TX) Toyota/Bush's Beans
#48 Jimmie Johnson
(El Cajon, CA) Chevrolet/Lowe's/Kobalt Tools
#51 A.J. Allmendinger
(Los Gatos, CA) Chevrolet/Phoenix Construction
#55 Brian Vickers
(Thomasville, NC) Toyota/RK Motors
#56 Martin Truex Jr.
(Mayetta, NJ) Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts
#78 Kurt Busch
(Las Vegas, NV) Chevrolet/Furniture Row
#83 David Reutimann
(Zephyrhills, FL) Toyota/Burger King/Dr. Pepper
#87 Joe Nemechek
(Lakeland, FL) Toyota/AM/FM Energy Wood Pellet
#88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
(Kannapolis, NC) Chevrolet/National Guard
#93 Travis Kvapil
(Janesville, WI) Toyota/Burger King/Dr. Pepper
#95 Scott Speed
(Manteca, CA) Ford/Leavine Family Racing
#98 Michael McDowell
(Glendale, AZ) Ford/Phil Parsons Racing
#99 Carl Edwards
(Columbia, MO) Ford/Kellogg's
Notes
The Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway is the fourth race on the
2013 Sprint Cup Series schedule.
Groundbreaking for Bristol Motor Speedway took place in 1960, with the
racetrack measuring an exact half-mile. The track was reshaped and remeasured
to 0.533 miles in the fall of 1969. The surface was changed from asphalt to
concrete in 1992.
Immediately following its spring race in 2007, Bristol was resurfaced as well
as reconfigured with the addition of variable banking. It produced more side-
by-side racing and therefore lowered the amount of beating and banging among
competitors. Fan response to the modified banking at Bristol was not favorable
since the number of cautions in races there was significantly reduced.
The concrete surface at Bristol underwent a modification after the Sprint Cup
and Nationwide Series competed there in March 2012. The top groove of the
surface was grinded, with the intention of bringing back traditional racing at
this short track.
This track has 24-28 degrees of banking in all four of its turns as well as
4-8 degrees of banking on both the frontstretch and the backstretch.
The Cup Series has competed at Bristol twice each year since 1961, for a total
of 104 races. Jack Smith won the inaugural race at this track, the Volunteer
500, on July 30, 1961. Smith had relief from Johnny Allen.
Darrell Waltrip holds the record for most victories at Bristol with 12.
Waltrip won seven consecutive races there from 1981-84. Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch
and Jeff Gordon lead all active drivers with five victories each at Bristol.
Terry Labonte has 57 Cup starts at Bristol, which is the most among active
drivers. Labonte is scheduled to drive the No. 32 Ford for FAS Lane Racing
this weekend.
Mark Martin and Cale Yarborough share the record for most pole wins at Bristol
with nine each. Martin, who won his 56th career pole in the series earlier
this month at Phoenix, is not scheduled to drive the No. 55 Toyota for Michael
Waltrip Racing at Bristol. Brian Vickers will be behind the wheel of that car.
The race winner at Bristol has started from the pole 22 times, the most
productive starting position. The last driver to win from the pole there was
Carl Edwards in August 2008.
One year ago, Brad Keselowski won his second straight race at Bristol.
Keselowski, who took the checkered flag for the night event there in August
2011, grabbed the lead from Matt Kenseth with 111 laps remaining. Kenseth
challenged him for the top spot several times within the final 100 laps but
came up 0.7 seconds short at the finish. Denny Hamlin won the most recent race
at this track last August.
Since NASCAR began using electronic timing and scoring in 1993, the closest
margin of victory in a Cup race at Bristol occurred on March 25, 2007 when
Kyle Busch beat Jeff Burton to the finish line by just 0.064 seconds. That
race marked the competition debut of NASCAR's previous race car, the Gen-5 or
Car of Tomorrow (COT).
Seven of the last eight races at Bristol have ended with a margin of victory
that was less than one second.
A.J. Allmendinger is the only driver on the entry list for this weekend's race
that made his first career Cup start at Bristol (March 2007). Joey Logano is
the lone driver entered that claimed his first pole in the series at this
track (March 2010).
Kurt Busch scored his first career Cup victory at Bristol on March 24, 2002.
Elliott Sadler's first win in the series came there in March 2001. Sadler is
now a full-time competitor in the Nationwide Series.
Kyle Busch is the youngest driver to win a Cup race at Bristol. His 2007 win
there came when he was 21 years, 10 months and 23 days old. When Dale
Earnhardt was 48 years, 3 months and 30 days old, he became the oldest driver
to win there on Aug. 28, 1999.
The next Sprint Cup race is the March 24 Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway
in Fontana, Calif. Tony Stewart won last year's event there.
